Instructions For Form 1040ez - Income Tax Return For Single And Joint Filers With No Dependents - Internal Revenue Service - 2007 Page 17

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Someone who prepares your return but does not charge you should
used to electronically sign your 2006 return.) You will also be
not sign your return.
prompted to enter your date of birth (DOB). Make sure your DOB is
accurate and matches the information on record with the Social
Electronic return signatures! Create your own
Security Administration by checking your annual social security
personal identification number (PIN) and file a
statement.
paperless return electronically or use a tax professional. If you are
If you are filing your return electronically using a tax practi-
married filing jointly, you and your spouse will each need to create
tioner, you are required to sign the return electronically. The practi-
a PIN and enter these PINs as your electronic signatures.
tioner will tell you how.
A PIN is any combination of five digits you choose except five
zeros. If you use a PIN, there is nothing to sign and nothing to
You cannot sign your return electronically (but can still
!
mail – not even your Forms W-2.
file electronically) if you are not using a tax practitioner
and you are a first-time filer under age 16 at the end of
To verify your identity, you will be prompted to enter your
CAUTION
2007.
adjusted gross income (AGI) from your originally filed 2006 fed-
eral income tax return, if applicable. Do not use your AGI from an
For more details, visit and click on “Individ-
amended return (Form 1040X) or a math error correction made by
ual Taxpayers.”
IRS. AGI is the amount shown on your 2006 Form 1040, line 38;
Your return is not complete without your signa-
Form 8453-OL.
Form 1040A, line 21; or Form 1040EZ, line 4. If you do not have
ture. If you are not filing through a tax practitioner and you are not
your 2006 income tax return, call the IRS at 1-800-829-1040 to get
eligible or choose not to sign your return electronically, you must
a free transcript of your return. (If you filed electronically last year,
complete, sign, and file Form 8453-OL.
you may use your prior year PIN to verify your identity instead of
your prior year AGI. The prior year PIN is the five digit PIN you
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